PEH Unit 1 Lesson 5
PEH Unit 1 Lesson 5
Teaching of Physical
Education and Health for
Elementary Grades
Unit 1: LESSON 5
• Attention
• Observing
• Perceptions
• Interpreting
• Organizing
• Memory
• Categorizing
• Forming generalization
Strategies:
1. Asking questions – can help students to
think
2. Having opportunities to make errors –
through simulation “A tool in dealing errors
and correcting them”
3. Fostering self-reflection/self questioning –
to understand their mental process
4. Thinking aloud – making suggestions that
help students think aloud
Benefits of Physical Education and
Health from Cognitive Learning Theory
• Assimilation –
method of
integrating new
data into a pre-
existing schema
Related to this are the processes of
assimilation and accomodation.
• Assimilation – • Accomodation –
method of revising and
integrating new redeveloping an
data into a pre- existing schema using
existing schema newly acquired
knowledge
For example:
If an individual believes
that his/her friends are
always good, and he/she
meets someone new who
is always nice, then
he/she will consider this
individual as friend. It will
be added to the
individual’s new schema.
For example:
If an individual believes If an individual meets
that his/her friends are another individual who is
always good, and he/she not always sweet or good,
meets someone new who then that individual will
is always nice, then decide if he/she will adapt
he/she will consider this this new schema to
individual as friend. It will accommodate the idea
be added to the that not all friends have to
individual’s new schema. be pleasant.
Consequences of the Constructivist
Theory
• Instead of passively receiving knowledge,
pupils learn better when they are actively
engaged in learning experiences
• Traditional teaching focuses on imparting
knowledge to pupils, but constructivism
believes that this information cannot be
explicitly imparted
• Only hands-on experience will help pupils
develop their expertise
Essential Components to
Constructivist Teaching
According to Baviskar, Hartle, & Whitney
(2009)
• Elicit prior knowledge
— in relation to the pupil’s prior knowledge, new
knowledge is generated
• Create cognitive dissonance
— assign pupils issues and events that will test them
• Apply knowledge with feedback
— encourage the pupil’s to assess new information and
make changes to their prior knowledge
• Reflect on learning
— enables pupils to explain to you what they have
learned
Benefits of Physical Education and
Health from Constructivist Learning
Theory
• Health may benefit from this theory by
simply applying some health practices or
lessons in reality
• Active learning is needed in physical
education when it comes to learning how
to be fit, play games and sports and do
other recreational activities